How to create a bot in @BotFather
Step by step: create your bot and get the token you'll paste into TribeSync.
Updated: October 22, 2026
Your bot is the account that will greet buyers, take payments and moderate your chat. You create it once in Telegram's official @BotFather, then connect it to TribeSync.
💡 Tip
Usually the bot is created in one tap right in the TribeSync wizard, with no @BotFather and no copying a token (see connect your bot). This article is for when one-tap creation didn't work and you chose "Not working? Create a bot manually with @BotFather" in the wizard.
What you'll need
- A Telegram account.
- 2 minutes.
Steps
- In Telegram, search for @BotFather (the one with the blue checkmark) and open it.
- Send the command /newbot.
- Enter a display name for your bot (e.g. My Club Access). This is what members will see.
- Enter a username ending in
bot(e.g.myclub_access_bot). It must be unique. - BotFather replies with a token — a long line like
1234567890:AAE.... This is the key to your bot.
⚠️ Watch out
The token is a password to your bot. Don't post it publicly. If it leaks, open @BotFather → /revoke to issue a new one.
Steps (copy the token)
- Copy the token and go back to the TribeSync wizard. Paste it into the "Bot token" field and tap "Save and continue".